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10 sets of tefillin that the Shem Olam Holocaust museum said were found in Warsaw, Poland. (Courtesy of Shem Olam Faith & the Holocaust Institute for Education, Documentation & Research)

Israeli Holocaust museum under fire for allegedly smuggling artifacts out of Warsaw

The Shem Olam institute near Hadera said it obtained 10 tefillin sets found by construction workers inside a makeshift bunker dug by Jewish fighters.

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So long, ‘amulet.’ Hello, ‘phylactery.’ The Met Museum has updated that tefillin description.

The revision came days after Twitter users criticized the New York museum’s labeling.

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It is listed as part of the museum’s Islamic art department.

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